On Good Character, Kindness and Anger

Kitāb al-Zuhd|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 3
Kitāb al-Zuhd

Book 2, Chapter 3

On Good Character, Kindness and Anger

حماد بن عيسى عن ربعي قال قال: أبو عبد الله عليه السلام ليحيى السقاء: يا محيى ان الخلق الحسن يسر وان الخلق السئ نكد.
6.Ḥammād ibn ʿĪsā narrated from Ribʿī who said, “Abū ʿAbdillāh عليه السلام said to Yaḥyā al-Saqqāʾ, ‘O Yaḥyā, verily good character is a means of ease, and verily bad character causes difficulty.’”